Albert Einstein Einstein 1921 by F Schmutzer.jpg Albert Einstein in 1921 Born 14 March 1879 Ulm, Kingdom of Württemberg, German Empire Died 18 April 1955 (aged 76) Princeton, New Jersey, U.S. Residence Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Belgium, United States Citizenship Kingdom of Württemberg (1879–1896) Stateless (1896–1901) Switzerland (1901–1955) Austria–Hungary (1911–1912) German Empire (1914–1918) Weimar Republic (1919-March 1933) United States (1940–1955) Fields Physics Institutions Swiss Patent Office (Bern) University of Zurich Charles University in Prague ETH Zurich Caltech Prussian Academy of Sciences Kaiser Wilhelm Institute University of Leiden Institute for Advanced Study Alma mater ETH Zurich University of Zurich Doctoral advisor Alfred Kleiner Other academic advisors Heinrich Friedrich Weber Notable students Ernst G. Straus Nathan Rosen Leó Szilárd Raziuddin Siddiqui[1] Known for General relativity and special relativity Photoelectric effect Mass-energy equivalence Theory of Brownian Motion Einstein field equations Bose–Einstein statistics Bose-Einstein condensate Bose–Einstein correlations Unified Field Theory EPR paradox Notable awards Nobel Prize in Physics (1921) Matteucci Medal (1921) Copley Medal (1925) Max Planck Medal (1929) Time Person of the Century (1999) Spouse Mileva Marić (1903–1919) Elsa Löwenthal (1919–1936) Children Lieserl (1902-1903?) Hans Albert (1904-1973) Eduard "Tete" (1910-1965) Signature
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